Echoes of Valor Series by Karl Edward Wagner, Ray Bradbury, Robert E. Howard, Leigh Brackett, C.L. Moore, Henry Kuttner, Fritz Leiber, Manly Wade Wellman, Jack Williamson, Nictzin Dyalhis

Three great realms of heroic adventure by a trio of fantasy masters:ROBERT E... moreThree great realms of heroic adventure by a trio of fantasy masters:ROBERT E. HOWARDThe creator of Conan the mighty Cimmerian pits his hero against a fiend from hell and a savage tribe in the first complete publication ever of "THE BLACK STRANGER"FRITZ LEIBERThe dean of fantasy writers send his greatest creations - Fafhrd and the Gray Mouser - on an entertaining, eerie quest in the definitive version of "ADEPT'S GAMBIT"HENRY KUTTNERA master of fantasy challenges a reluctant American pilot with sorceress Morgan le Fay and the forces of evil in a struggle to save WWII Britain... the first publication in book form of "WET MAGIC" less

Explore the heroic past of fantasy adventure, in sword-and-sorcery epics long buried by the sands of time:ROBERT E... moreExplore the heroic past of fantasy adventure, in sword-and-sorcery epics long buried by the sands of time:ROBERT E. HOWARD'S "The Frost-King's Daughter," the adventure that led to his immortal Conan series;LEIGH BRACKETT and RAY BRADBURY'S "Lorelei of the Red Mist," a nearly-forgotten collaboration by two of fantasy's all-time greats;MANLY WADE WELLMAN;S "Hok Visits the Land of Legends," the last of Wellman's Stone Age fantasies;and four rare Northwest Smith stories from the unmistakable pen of C.L. MOORE! Contents:2 • Introduction: Robert E. Howard • essay by Karl Edward Wagner7 • The Frost King's Daughter • shortfiction by Robert E. Howard (variant of Gods of the North 1934)16 • The Frost-Giant's Daughter • [Conan] • (1976) • shortstory by Robert E. Howard29 • Introduction: C. L. Moore • essay by Karl Edward Wagner36 • An Autobiographical Sketch of C. L. Moore • essay by C. L. Moore40 • Quest of the Starstone • [Jirel of Joiry] • (1937) • novelette by C. L. Moore and Henry Kuttner73 • Nymph of Darkness • [Northwest Smith] • (1935) • shortstory by C. L. Moore and Forrest J. Ackerman90 • The Genesis of an Invisible Venusienne • essay by Forrest J. Ackerman92 • The "Nymph" o' Maniack • (1948) • essay by Forrest J. Ackerman102 • Werewoman • [Northwest Smith] • (1938) • novelette by C. L. Moore129 • Foreword to "Song in a Minor Key" • essay by Sam Moskowitz131 • Song in a Minor Key • [Northwest Smith] • (1940) • shortstory by C. L. Moore137 • Introduction: Leigh Brackett and Ray Bradbury • essay by Karl Edward Wagner141 • Lorelei of the Red Mist • (1946) • novella by Leigh Brackett and Ray Bradbury209 • Introduction: Manly Wade Wellman • essay by Karl Edward Wagner213 • Hok Visits the Land of Legends • [Hok] • (1942) • novella by Manly Wade Wellman273 • Untitled Hok Fragment • [Hok] • shortfiction by Manly Wade Wellman less

5 • The Shadow of the Vulture • (1934) • novelette by Robert E... more5 • The Shadow of the Vulture • (1934) • novelette by Robert E. Howard56 • Cursed Be the City • (1939) • novelette by Henry Kuttner82 • The Citadel of Darkness • (1939) • novelette by Henry Kuttner118 • Hok Goes to Atlantis • [Hok] • (1939) • novelette by Manly Wade Wellman164 • Wolves of Darkness • (1932) • novella by Jack Williamson248 • Nictzin Dyalhis: Mysterious Master of Fantasy • essay by Sam Moskowitz270 • The Red Witch • (1932) • novelette by Nictzin Dyalhis303 • The Sapphire Goddess • (1934) • novelette by Nictzin Dyalhis338 • The Sea-Witch • (1937) • novelette by Nictzin Dyalhis less